Sewing-machine attachment.



M. J. EIDAM.

- SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED APR.15 190s.

928,824. Patented 1198, 1909.

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MARIE J. EIDAM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEWING-MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1908.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Serial No. 427,124.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIE J. EIDAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement inSewing-MachineAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sewing machine attachments, particularly such asare designed to protect the material being worked upon from oil.

One application of my device is illustrated in the accompanying drawing,wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine containing myattachment, Fig. 2 is a front view thereof, Fig. 3 is a perspective of aortion of the attachment removed, Fig. 4 a like view of the oil pad,Fig. 5 a front view showing a modification of the attachment, Fig. 6 aview of such attachment removed from the machine.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter.

A is a sewin machine head, B the table, and C the need e and presser barguide.

D is the needle bar, E the presser bar.

Referring to the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2, F is a plate havingtwo holes F, F for the needle and pressure bars of the machines, andalso having the two bars F F adjustably held to the plate by the thumbnuts F.

G is a supporting plate, slotted at G G for the presser andineedle barsres ectively, and preferably bent u at its end; G G, where it is securedto t e lower ends of the rods F This lower su porting plate ispractically the same in hot forms of the attachment, but in the form ofFigs. 2 and 3, the rods are pivotally secured to the ends G and G,whereas in the form shown in Fig. 5, thumb screws J, J, are passedthrough the holes of the ends of the supporting plate and intoscrew-threaded holes made therefor in the presser and needle bar guide.K is a plate slotted at K K and rovided with the oil sponge K which is sotted at K K These parts are, of course, shown as it were,diagrammatically, and I wish my drawings to be so taken. I do show theactual working structure but it will be obvious to anyone that thisstructure could be greatly modified without materially departing fromthe spirit of my invention.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows :In sewing machinesthere is a constant tendency for the oil to pass from the inner part ofthe needle and presser bar guide down along those guides and toultimately be deposited upon the goods passing under the needle. stantlyWatch these bars and wipe them, but even with the greatest care therewill occasionally be serious damage, especially to delicate fabrics. Theattachment of Figs. 2 and 3, is, of course, easily put in position bylengthening the rods F which can be done by operating the nuts F, F, andplacing the plate F into position on top of the bar guide; then swingingthe plate G into position underneath the guide, its slots receiving thetwo needle and resser bars. Either before or after this action, thesponge late can be put into osition by inserting it etween the two nee eand presser bars turning it from a vertical or inclined position to ahorizontal position and forcing it into place, so that the two bars willpass through the enlargement in the ends of the slots K and K The spongethen surrounds both bars and is in positlon to receive and absorb theoil. The thumb nuts F F are then tightened until the whole is fixed, andin a definite position. If the device of Figs. 5 and 6 is employed theattachment is made in a similar manner, but by operating the thumbscrews J, J.

I claim 1. A sewing machine attachment comprising needle and resser barsand a removable oil absorbing evice which surrounds the needle andpresser bar and lies below their guides, and a removable securing devicewhich holds the absorbin device in position on the machine, such oiabsorbing device and removable securing device being exterior to theneedle and resser bar guides and supports and removab e therefrom.

2. A sewing machine attachment comprising needle and resser bars and aremovable oil absorbing evice, slotted at both ends, and perforated toreceive the needle and resser bars, and a securing device which -holdsit removably in position on the machine such oil absorbing device andremovable securing device being exterior to the needle and resser barguides and supports and remova le thereform.

3. A sewing machine attachment comprising needle and resser bars and aremovable oil absorbing evice which surrounds the needle and resserbars, a su porting plate to which it 1s attached, and wInch is slottedat one side to receive the needle and presser It is necessary toconbars, and a securing device which holds them in removable position onthe machine.

4. A sewing machine attachment comprising needle and presser bars and aremovable oil absorbing device oi greater length than the distancebetween the needle and presser bars and slotted at both ends in thedirection of its length, and means for holding the same in positionabout the bars.

5. A sewing machine attachment comprising needle and presser bars and aremovable oil absorbing device of greater length than the distancebetween the needle and presser bars and slotted at both ends in thedirection of its length and means for holding the same in position aboutthe bars, and a plate slotted at its ends to Which the absorbing deviceis attached.

6. A sewing machine attachment comprising needle and presser bars and asupporting device consisting of tWo plates which lie one above and theother below the presser and needle bar guide, and adjustable barsconnecting them, and an oil absorbing device surrounding the presser andneedle bars, and lying upon. the lower plate of the supporting device.

7. A sewing machine attachment comprising needle and presser bars and anoil absorbing device of greater length than the distance between theneedle and presser bars and slotted at both ends in the direction of itslength, and means for holding the same in position about the barscomprising a supporting plate slotted at its sides and. adapted to swingunder the absorbing device.

MARIE J. ElDAM.

\Vitnesses EDNA K. REYNOLDS, LUCY A. FALKENBERG.

